Highlights
- On October 1, the excessive courtroom had dismissed Jain’s plea
- The courtroom had stated all info have been duly thought-about by the Principal District and Sessions Judge
- The ED had arrested Jain and two others within the cash laundering case based mostly on a CBI FIR
Money laundering case: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea filed by Delhi minister Satyendar Jain difficult the Delhi High Court verdict dismissing his petition against a decrease courtroom order to switch the cash laundering case to one other courtroom.
A bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari issued notice to the ED and posted the case for listening to on October 31.
On October 1, the excessive courtroom dismissed Jain’s plea, saying all info have been duly thought-about by the Principal District and Sessions Judge whereas transferring the case, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), and it can’t be held that the choice suffered from any illegality or wanted interference.
Jain, who’s underneath arrest within the case, had moved the excessive courtroom difficult the September 23 order of Principal District and Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Gupta transferring the cash laundering case to one other choose over alleged bias.
The district choose’s order was handed on an software for switch moved by the anti-money laundering company.
The company, in its switch software earlier than the district choose, had argued that whereas there was no grievance against the choose listening to the matter, it was “a case of probable bias” in favour of the Delhi minister and there was a fear that it may not get an unbiased and neutral listening to.
The AAP chief had argued earlier than the excessive courtroom that the ED can’t be allowed to “brow beat” a choose and search switch of the cash laundering case citing “bias” with none foundation.
The ED had arrested Jain and two others within the cash laundering case based mostly on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR lodged against the AAP chief in 2017 underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Jain is accused of getting laundered cash by means of 4 corporations linked to him.
He has denied the allegations.
(With inputs from PTI)
